Ideas for team-based games to enliven a party
When you’re put in charge of a company drinking party or banquet, the biggest headache is often the entertainment and performances, isn’t it?
In particular, coming up with games that everyone can enjoy together can be quite a challenge.
So in this article, we’ll introduce a wide range of games that are easy for everyone to join, as well as group-versus-group games you can enjoy in teams!
With a little twist, even classic games can be transformed into plans that instantly liven up the venue!
Be sure to check out these team-based games that will energize any banquet.
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Team-based game ideas (21–30) to liven up a party
A game where you guess the dish name while blindfolded
To truly enjoy a meal, it’s not just the taste that matters—appearance and smell are important too.
This is a game where, with those key senses restricted, you rely solely on taste to guess what you’re eating.
Even foods you normally eat can be hard to identify, making you realize how unconsciously you depend on sight and smell.
If you aim for the whole team to agree on the answer, the differences in how each person perceives things will show and make it more exciting.
After everyone reveals their answers at the same time, be sure to clearly explain to your teammates why you thought it was that particular food.
linked ring traversal
This is the “Linked Ring Crawl,” which you can do anywhere as long as you have a loop.
Use a long ribbon or string to make a loop.
Have the whole team hold hands in a single horizontal line, and slip the loop onto the hand of the person at the front.
At the start signal, everyone takes turns passing through the loop—but you must not let go of each other’s hands.
It sounds easy, but it’s a surprisingly exhausting and frustratingly tricky game.
Kappa Plate Ball-Carrying Race
It’s also great to use paper plates at the party venue for an obstacle-course-style game! If you’ve got a large space, the excitement doubles.
Balance a paper plate on your head, hold it in place with your hands, and put a ping-pong ball on top.
The winner is the person who finishes with the most ping-pong balls still on their plate after clearing all the obstacles.
Simple obstacles made from tables and chairs are plenty.
Even just doing one lap around the venue along the walls works well.
You can customize the obstacles in many ways—like greeting the department head or playing rock-paper-scissors with a junior colleague.
Don’t forget to prepare classic sports day-style background music to play during the game!
The ‘You Can Wear It’ Game
This is the “It’s Okay to Overlap” game, where you’ll keep going endlessly if everyone’s answers don’t match the given prompt.
It’s a teamwork-testing game where you see whether everyone can give the same answer to a prompt like “When you think of XX, what comes to mind?” For an easy one like “What’s a typical rice ball filling?”, you might all pick the same favorite filling—or end up with completely different ones.
If you have in-jokes or common experiences specific to your group, it gets even more exciting.
Pedometer rapid-shake game
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Some of you may be using pedometers for your health.
Since many smartphones now come with a built-in pedometer function, there may even be young people who have never seen a standalone pedometer.
This little game using pedometers seems like something people of all ages can get really into.
You might even see your department head or manager going all out, mindlessly shaking a pedometer or their phone! There are lots of variations: time-attack challenges, matching a target count exactly, shaking two at once, and more.
Just be careful not to get too carried away and accidentally throw the pedometer.
Rating Check Game
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We’d like to introduce the “Ranking Check Game,” a perfect party activity to test participants’ discerning eye! The host prepares two options, and players simply choose which one they think is the real deal.
If you’re correct, you stay top-tier; if you’re wrong, your rank drops—a simple yet thrilling set of rules.
Anyone can join, and the unexpected results are sure to spark laughter! It’s great as a team competition too, and the moment you reveal who remained “first-class” at the end is always a highlight.
Give this game a try to instantly liven up your event!
Tasting Game
Kirin, Asahi, Suntory—just hearing those names is irresistible to beer lovers, right? So instead of a sake tasting, how about a beer tasting or even a juice tasting competition to liven things up? Even the same orange juice can taste subtly different depending on the brand.
And that canned coffee you sip without thinking—if you taste it seriously, you’ll find it’s completely different from others.
At a party with lots of dishes, you could even do blindfolded tastings and try to guess the foods—that’s sure to get everyone excited.
If you usually act like a gourmet, make sure not to show any uncool moments!
Baby bottle speed-drinking contest
Let’s have a speed-drinking contest using baby bottles! Most people probably don’t have baby bottles, but these days you can find novelty baby bottles at variety shops.
Get enough for everyone and start the speed-drinking contest.
Just seeing a bunch of adults sucking on baby bottles makes for a pretty funny scene.
The loser has to do a punishment game!
Who am I? game
This is a game where you guess a predetermined topic by asking questions.
Normally there’s one respondent, but with a few tweaks you can play it as a team competition.
Decide on a single topic, and then each team takes turns asking one question at a time.
Work together within your team to decide what to ask and to figure out what the topic might be! The team that reaches the correct answer first wins.
Be sure to consider the questions other teams have asked as you deduce the topic!
Escape from the toilet paper wrap-around
The “mummy challenge” that’s popular overseas involves wrapping someone from head to toe in toilet paper.
It’s a game where the team that wraps fastest wins.
If you rush, the paper tears and won’t wrap well, so the key is to be clever as you go.
It’s a fun team-vs-team activity in pairs, and it’s recommended because it requires very little preparation.